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Health projects in Pakistan support the right of all children to grow up healthy
Habitat projects in Pakistan support the right to a decent place to live
Learning projects in Pakistan support everyone's basic right to an education
Building relationships projects in Pakistan support everyone's right to listen and be heard
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Working with people, enabling access to their rights
Group photo from Pakistan

Working together for global peace and harmony

Established in 1997, we work with people to find ways to provide access to essential facilities and services, and to improve living conditions now and for future generations. Living standards vary considerably between rural and urban areas. Most houses in the rural areas lack a proper sewage system, and people lack access to basic education and health services. 


Children in flood water, India (c) REUTERS/ Rupak De Chowdhuri Flooding displaces millions in Asia
Plan has launched an appeal to help the 3,300,000 people who have been forced from their homes by floods in northern India, Nepal and Pakistan

Sign outside Plan Pakistan office in Mansehra Plan resumes work in Pakistan after attack
Plan has resumed work in Pakistan after gunmen attacked its office in Mansehra and left 4 people dead

Girls at a Plan-supported community managed school Girls top of class 2 years after Pakistan quake
Girls in parts of Pakistan devastated by an earthquake 2 years ago have a better chance of school success than ever before thanks to Plan’s school improvement program

Group of registered children, Pakistan 1,000,000 births registered in Pakistan
More than 1,000,000 children have been registered in Pakistan thanks to Plan’s universal birth registration campaign

Web log from Pakistan, on earthquake relief
New facilities bring opportunities and hope amidst the devastation

Country statistics

Country: PAKISTAN
Population: 153,578,000 (2003)
Capital City: Islamabad
National Language: Urdu
Per capita income: US$ 470/year (2003)
Life expectancy: 61 years (2003)
Access to safe water: 90% (2002)
Adequate sanitation facilities: 54% (2002)
Under 5 Mortality Rate: 103/1,000 live births (2003)

Source: State of the World's Children Report 2005 (published by UNICEF)


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